The film "Wild Stories": actors and roles

The Argentine-Spanish comedy "Wild Stories" was released in 2014. It immediately appeared in the center of attention of critics and spectators, as they could not miss the explosive mixture of comedy and drama with deep philosophical overtones. Many saw in his characters themselves and realized that sometimes a normal person from a criminal can only separate one step. The film "Wild Stories", whose actors are mostly of Spanish or Argentine origin, is worth seeing and fans of creativity Pedro Almodovar, and about how it relates to this picture, our article will tell.

"Parsnip"

Podium model Isabel (Maria Marul) and music critic Salgado (Dario Grandinetti) get acquainted on the plane. They discover that they have a mutual acquaintance Gabriel Pasternak. Later it turns out that all other passengers and even crew members are connected with this person in one way or another. Moreover, all of them, willingly or unwillingly, offended and humiliated him.

The performer of the main male role in this episode, Dario Grandinetti, also starred in other paintings by Almodovar. He is the winner of the Havana Film Festival awards, as well as the "Emmy", which he received for his work on television.

"Rats"

The second episode of the film "Wild Stories", whose actors are mostly unfamiliar to the Russian audience, begins with the fact that the young waitress (Julietta Zilberberg) finds out in the man who looked into the roadside restaurant, the mafia Rafael Cuencu (Caesar Bordon). Many years ago, this man ruined her father and caused his suicide. After Cuenca began to molest the girl's mother, the women had to flee their hometown. From an accidentally overheard conversation it becomes clear that the affairs of Cuenca are going uphill and he is running for mayors.

When this story is learned by the cook of the institution (Rita Cortese), she offers the waitress to mix the rat poison into the Mafiosi food , but the girl refuses in horror. Then an elderly woman with a rich prison past herself decides to carry out her plans and restore justice.

"Strongest"

Painting "Wild Stories", the actors of which brilliantly coped with the tasks assigned to them by Pedro Almodovar, also has an episode dedicated to "road wars". The main roles in it went to Leonardo Sbaralie and Walter Donado. The hero of the first of them - handsome Diego Itourreal - is very proud of his new powerful Audi. During the races on the deserted highway, he notices the old Peugeot, driven by a resident of the nearby town of Mario (Walter Donado). Diego is genuinely indignant, as the driver of the "wreck" does not want to give way to him. Much work to overtake Peugeot, he furiously verbally offends a fellow traveler and shows him an indecent gesture. However, his jubilation does not last long, as a few kilometers on the car Diego descends the wheel. That's where the driver of the Peugeot catches up with the abuser.

Leonardo Sbaralya - one of the few members of the cast of the film "Wild Stories", which are known outside the Hispanic countries. During his career, he starred in more than 30 films and television series, and was awarded many prestigious awards.

"The Little Bomb"

In this episode of the movie "Wild Stories" actors and roles are matched to each other best. The "Little Bomb" talks about the blasting engineer Simone Fisher (Ricardo Darin). Once he is in great spirits coming out with a cake for his daughter from the pastry shop and discovers that his Chevrolet was evacuated for parking in the wrong place. Simon goes to a private evacuation company and tries to explain that he left his car in a territory where there was no road markings that would prohibit parking. Most likely, it was erased, so the company can not charge him for the tow truck and demand payment of fines. However, the employee does not want to listen to the client and demands not to detain those standing in line.

The troubles associated with the return of the car are delayed, so Fischer not only fails to help his wife (Nancy Duplaa) prepare a birthday party for Camille's daughter, but does not appear at the celebration either. As a result, Simon has problems with his family.

A few days later, the story of the evacuation of Fisher's car by employees of the same company is repeated. As a result, his nerves are surrendered, and he arranges a pogrom in her office. Information about the incident is in the media. Fischer is arrested, but the lawyer employed by Simon's employer helps him to free himself. However, the troubles do not end there: Fisher's wife submits for divorce, and the company's management in which he worked, decides to get rid of the employee, so as not to lose profitable government contracts. Desperate Simon decides to implement a cruel plan for revenge.

Ricardo Darin, who played the role of the unfortunate father of the family, who became a lone terrorist, is an honorary citizen of Buenos Aires, as well as a laureate and nominee of many film awards. At the same time, he is considered a good writer and has repeatedly acted as a screenwriter for various television projects.

"Sentence"

Scion of Santiago's wealthy parents, returning in the morning from the night bar on his father's new car, knocks down a pregnant woman. He disappears from the scene, without even attempting to provide assistance to the victim. His dad - a senior official of Mauricio Pereira Hamilton (Oscar Martinez) - learns that the woman shot down died on the way to the hospital. He decides to "otmazat" his favorite child from prison. Mauricio addresses a family lawyer, and they come up with a plan together. To implement it, they need the consent of the gardener Jose Torres, who is asked to take the blame for the accident for a large reward.

"Until the death separates us"

"Wild Stories" (film) concludes with a story about the wedding of Romina (Erica Rivas) and Ariel (Diego Gentile). Young people seem quite happy until the girl finds out that the beloved was cheating on her with a colleague named Lourdes. Moreover, it turned out that the groom had invited her to a wedding. Deceived Romina decides to punish the newly married wife right at the wedding.

Film crew

The film "Wild Stories" (a summary of the episodes you already know) directed by Damian Shifron. He himself was born in Argentina and has a rather modest filmography, in which there are less than a dozen paintings, mostly short, and two television series. Despite this, he was nominated for such prestigious film awards as "Goya" and "Oscar", and both times - for the film "Wild Stories". The actors who starred in this film are mostly not stars even on the scale of Spain or Argentina. In this sense, Shifron follows in the footsteps of Pedro Almodovar. This master of Spanish cinema, which is the director of many interesting paintings that have glorified him far beyond his country, prefers to discover new acting talents and invites in his films mostly debutants. By the way, many do not know that the producer of the film "Wild Stories" - Pedro Almodovar. However, fans of his work in some scenes accurately recognize the influence of the famous Spaniard.

Wild Stories: Testimonials

The picture received mostly positive reviews of film critics. In particular, on the site Rotten Tomatoes, where only 137 reviews were posted, its rating was 95%. In addition, on the Metacritic site the film received 77 points out of 100 on the basis of the reviews of 73 critics.

As for ordinary Russian viewers, judging by the responses, most of them liked the picture, although many believe that everything is overly exaggerated and gloomy. As an epigraph for the film, some movie buffs suggest choosing the phrase "Do not wake the beast in me". Among the viewers who have seen "Wild Stories", there is also the opinion that the film is very instructive and makes you think about the fact that you can not treat others with disdain, however defenseless they may seem at first glance.

Now you know the content of the most famous painting of Damian Shifron at the moment. As you can see, each episode has its own interesting plot. So, if you want to watch something from the category "Best Movies" this weekend, "Wild Stories" is exactly what you need.